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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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 Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:28 pm
Malikhai gave a huff, looking at the ferret in the hat he held. "Dont'cha hate it when that happens?" Toddling over to Keely whom was still tied to a chair, and he crawled up in her lap, sitting there and waiting patiently.
He gave a nod and a look down to his son. "Yes you did, and that's good. But also you were very upset when we told you that you couldn't. We think it's important that we talk about that." Reaching down and picking up the child. "No one's going to yell and no one's in trouble, okay?"
Another look over to horses as the nightmare was making fuss at the zephyr. But good old Serino was used to it by now, and he was dependable enough to expect him to make ammends. "Only in the underdark can humilitaion equal confidence in some cases." Some underdark things just wouldn't make sense. It was amusing to a point and not so much to another. But her attention turned from her hair to her arm as she felt his fingers. "Care to share what that is?" Even if she had an idea floating around in her head of what that may be...well Malik had a tendency to pull twists.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:42 pm
Zykariel was less than pleased and he looked at his father, his lower lip jutting out stubbornly. "What do you wanna know?"
"Just what Khaiver told you that made you get so upset when you found out that you couldn't see him." She reached up and smoothed a finger over his lips so he pulled it back in. "Khaiver is gone, Zykariel, and he's not coming back. Not ever. I need you to understand that."
"But that's not fair!" His lower lip went right back to pouting position and he shook his head then glared at his father. "You shoved him away didn't you? You wouldn't talk to him and you yelled at him and he didn't want to stay and visit anymore. But he didn't say goodbye."
"Zykariel, what did Khaiver tell you?"
"He told me the truth which means you guys lied to me. You said you didn't have any family. I have a grandfather."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:08 pm
Now that Serino was duely chastized, Ramoth took to eatting things and foraging. She was content now.
Malik gave a slight grin.
"to expose that wonderful body to the dark. to consume it in passion's fire, until your succulently sweet body can't take it anymore. just you and me in the dark. No weapons, no clothing, adn little energy left except to relax and perhaps take a nap. out here in the wild. and when nothing harms you, when no creature comes gunning for you, even though you know they can and you could do little to stop them, you'll feel more confident about going out in the dark. after all, you were easy prey and nothing dared to attack you, what would dare try it if you were clothed and armed?"
he walked around her when he talked, whispering in her ear, always giving a caress of of his fingers on her skin or clothing.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:23 pm
And there was that horrible streak that he had gotten from his mother, among other things. "I did talk to him, so don't presume to know everything." Well it wasn't a long involved talk, but they did exchange words and things had been quite clear. "Zykariel, Khaiver's the one who lied. For him to be your grandfather, he would have to be my father. Which he is not." And that was a horrific thought to even ponder. "Sometimes, people tell you lies to trick you on purpose so they can use you to get other things all for themselves."
Predator. That was the word she used for him. Malik was a predator in his own way out here in the dark, and he was stalking her. But he wasn't out ot maim her and such, no he had different plans. She could argue that since he was with her, it wouldn't be the same effect...but she knew that without his own weapons and armor, well...underdark things could have quite a good go at him too, especially when off guard. Idly she hooked a finger in her collar. "That's your plan? Mixing something good with something bad, only to have the positive outweigh the negative as well as show possibilities. Or are you just dying for some attention yourself in that particular manner?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:41 pm
Zahara bit her lip since she knew that was the truth. Khaiver was indeed Sevilin's father but she couldn't very well tell the child that with Sevilin standing right there.
He shook his head frantically and looked like he was ready to burst into tears. 'He told me he was and he wouoldn't lie to me! He even said that he'd read me stories and tuck me in just like Malikhai's grandfather does. He said he was Daddy and I believe him. But he's not gonna come back now, is he? Is he?" The child began to squirm in his father's grasp, tears already beginning to fall. It was so unbelievable unfair. "I don't want to be a drow anymore!"
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:45 pm
This wasn't working...maybe he should of taken Malik up on that offer...and it seemed Zahara wasn't going to give him any support in the matter either. Great time to pick to make him parent on his own. He considerd pulling out thier little ace of what Khaiver was the cause of, but held back for the moment. "What does being drow have to do with it? You think that being something else is going to make things all better? Then what do you want to be?" Let's play into the child's hand for a moment.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:27 pm
"It's a carefully considered plan. come now, if I was really so desperate for that kind of attention I would have kept you in the bedroom while you were fileing your nails. this will help you get over those jitters, I promise you that. at least it's worked in my experience. Being jittery and jumpy doesn't suit you and makes me nervous."
giving her a kiss.
"The only women I want jumpy and jittery down here are Caprice and maybe Isle. But I won't force your hand, if you want to just enjoy some time alone that's fine as well."
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:05 am
"Well you do tend to like a location change from time to time, I never know." Giving him a smirk and a tug at her collar with a raise of an eyebrow at him. "Making promises are you? You must think yourself very very confident in such things." Though interesting piece of information that it 'worked for him' who knew what that one meant, good or bad wise. "How about a combination of both? I'm loathe to leave my chainmail these days when out. Can you get past that?" Indeed she had that old chainmail shirt under her tunic, which she had put on before they had gone out riding as thus.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:21 am
"I want to be a surface elf. They get to have grandparents that come see them and aunts and stuff. And they don't have babysitters, they have mommies and they don't have mommies and daddies that act like they don't love each other even though they really do." He was still crying through his passionate little speech and he balled up his fists slamming them down on Sevilin's shoulder. "And they really don't hate each other! Drow are stupid, all they do is hate their family and lie to each other and I just don't wanna be one anymore."
She hadn't left him but she was planning on choosing her words very carefully. His last statement took her by surprise too. She frowned for a moment at his display and then reached up and held his fists. "Little one, hurting others isn't going to help either." Releasing him, she took him from Sevilin and set him down in a chair, kneeling down before it. "Look at me Zykariel. It's really not fair, is it? You've never gotten to have anything Malikhai has from the beginning and that upsets you, which I think is pretty justified. But to be fair, do you have some things Malikhai doesn't?"
He wiped at his cheeks and folded his hands in his lap, glancing up only when his mother told him too. "Like what?"
"Hmm, well does Malikhai's mommy make cookies with him? Anytime he wants too? Does Malikhai's mommy pull the yellow out of everything?"Reaching up she grasped Sevilin's hand and held it for a moment then gave a gentle tug to bring him closer but she didn't release his hand. She was leaving it up to him if he wanted to kneel down with her or remain standing and it was also up to him if he wanted to contribute. Child logic was often hard to beat. "Did Malikhai have his daddy all to himself for a long, long time?"
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:54 pm
He let the little elf act out as he wanted, and let Zahara take him. Well this was great, his son had a whole new set of issues. Dare say Sevilin that he didn't like that at all, because he too went through that when he was little...the idea of not being drow and being a surface elf. But he had had that all turned on him but this wasn't about him. Letting Zahara tug him over, he crouched down as well.
"Being drow, isn't the problem son. Malik is drow, so is Malikhai...sometimes Piper wants to be drow. And let me tell you now, don't pull the Tier'dal card. They're still drow. Just all depends on how we grow up...some of us don't get to grow up good and have to do it all by ourselves." Why did children have to be difficult. "Did you know that surface elves can be just like drow? That they have moms and dads like that, and some parents hate thier children and who they are with, and they hate other elves, and even each other? They are just as quick to do everything you think a drow does, trust me." He knew...Kytael gave him that example. "You can be a surface elf all you want, but that doesn't mean you or people around you would change. And you'd have to life on the surface, I'd miss you too much." Half child logic, half not....this was a delicate thing that needed to be dealt with as such.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:22 pm
"I guess not, he had to share with his mommy. But I would have been okay doing that, too." He glanced at his father for a moment and that skeptical gleam leapt into his eyes.
Squeezing his hand, Zahara raced to his defense. "He's right you know, it's not the kind of elf you are, it's how you were raised and how you act. I didn't think I knew how to be a good mommy because my mommy wasn't a good one to me. But I learned differently. Drow can love just like surface elves and drow can hate just like surface elves. You've only known surface elves who are nice and love each other but those aren't the only kind of drow you've known. Khaiver is a perfect example of that, little one. He told you he was your grandfather and you believed him, which is natural. But Khaiver is not the type to tuck you in and read you stories and he certainly is nothing like Kieran. He's evil Zykariel, and out to hurt all of us and did hurt both me and your father very badly."
His eyes narrowed and anger replaced the skepticism easily enough. Nobody hurt his parents or Malikhai. "What did he do to you?"
"Remember when my wrists were all bandaged and I couldn't pick you up? That was Khaiver."
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:42 pm
He sighed, seeing that look in the boys eyes and was starting to feel that this kid was only going to believe what he wanted to believe, despite what everyone else said. But Zahara decided to take a turn to back up his words and try to get them through, adding her own tidbits. Well, seemed it was time to empart the saved information. Thus a point to his face. "And this? Khaiver did that too. He doesnt' care for anyone and he would never be like Kieran. We can't have Khaiver around if he's going to hurt people."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:51 pm
He frowned again, glancing at his mother's wrist which had come to rest on his knee and then over to his father's face where it was still bandaged. "Khaiver did that?" A shake of his head slowly before he reached out and lightly touched the bandage on his father's cheek. "But he didn't seem mean and he said he was going to do those things." He'd begun to cry again as his hand dropped back into his lap.
Releasing Sevilin's hand, she reached up and brushed her thumbs over his cheeks. "He lied to you, Kariel. He wanted you to believe that he was going to do all of those things so you would be mad at your father and I when we told you to stay away from him. He wanted to use you to hurt us and he might have hurt you too if you hadn't stayed away from him. We didn't say that to be mean, little one, but we know the way Khaiver is and you didn't."
He sniffled and rubbed his eyes with his fists. "Like when you told me that I couldn't have anymore cookies and I got upset and took one anyway and then my tummy hurt?"
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 4:41 pm
Okay so it seemed the adults were winning. "Just like that. Cookies look good, but can be bad. Same with Khaiver. If he stayed around, then he would only end up causing trouble and then no one would be happy. Sometimes people lie to make you do something you normally wouldn't or they do it to get you to hurt other people. I know you're upset because you think you don't have family...but do you honestly need anymore than you have now? And Kieran treats you like you're his own, so does everyone else. Is blood so important?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 5:17 pm
He blinked and shook his head. "I just wanted my own so Malikhai wouldn't have to share his all the time. For a long time he had to share his mommy but I shared mine too so that was okay. I don't think he wants to share all his stuff with me though and I don't want him to have to."
She nodded, "Sometimes we just don't get what we want and we have to be okay with that and continue on. And sometimes we sort of get what we want but not all the way. I don't think Malikhai cares if he shares his grandparents with you or not. In a way Kieran has become my father so he's already your grandfather. Malikhai probably doesn't even think of it as sharing just like you don't think of sharing Nym as such. Did you care if Malikhai played with Nym too?"
"No but he belongs to Daddy, not to me, so it's not the same Mommy."
He had a point there. "Well...Rawr then. Rawr belongs to you and only you. Do you mind Malikhai playing with him?"
"'Course not. Rawr likes playing with Malikhai, he told me so. And Malikhai is nice to him so it's okay."
"Exactly. Malikhai doesn't mind sharing Kieran and Fianna with you just like Piper doesn't mind sharing them with me. You have family all over the place little one, you don't need people like Khaiver to love you. There's plenty of others who will gladly do that." She swiped another tear off his cheek and gave him a smile. "Better?"
He nodded and glanced between his parents. "I'm sorry..." Thus reaching out and needing that connection to both of his parents that reaffirmed they loved him and he loved them in return. They had taught him to express his love completely through hugs and other gestures of affection as well as words.
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